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Egypt: Research and development expenditure

1.02percent · 2024+59.9% since 2014

Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development. Annual figures for Egypt from 1996 to 2024.

19962024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.018
20231.034
20221.02
20210.912
20200.916
20190.796
20180.688
20170.645
20160.708
20150.719
20140.636
20130.639
20120.509
20110.532
20100.433
20090.433
20080.27
20070.255
20060.259
20050.241
20040.27
20000.192
19990.187
19980.199
19970.198
19960.213

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Research and development expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-research-and-development-expenditure (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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